Hunt visually during windy days.
Where do turkeys go on windy days. My field hunts in much of the midwest have shown eastern wild turkey hens to tolerate some rather windy conditions, but. Often there’s a slight respite in windy conditions right at dawn for 30 to 40 minutes. If it is windy the evening before your hunt, the turkeys will do their best to stay out of the wind.
On windy days, especially when it was cold or rainy, the birds usually fed in areas out of the. Where do turkeys roost when it’s windy? On very windy days i have had more.
A turkey will still depend on their amazing eyesight, so try to move in thick concealed areas surrounding these open areas. They feed on the ground and thus maybe the myth started from there that they cannot fly. So that's where you want to concentrate your efforts. 2.
Traveling into the wind keeps their feathers down in natural position, where as traveling with. Seek out areas like protected draws, leeward sides of forage rich ridges and low spots in open,. Turkeys are easy to bump when it's windy.
Turkeys can soar up to 50 feet. For the most part wild turkey hunters do not like windy days. Because you will have trouble.
Also, the turkeys are probably in hollows or on lee hillsides getting out of the wind, too. There is a theory turkeys prefer to travel into the wind rather than against it. They will head for and/or roost lower down in the mountain in the hollow and valleys.